Chemical FOLIC-ACID | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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FOLICACID

Ubiquitous

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
LD50=100 (ipr mus)
RDA=400-800 ug/day	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
Antianemic	5-20 mg/man/day	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	8-30 mg/wmn/day/orl	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticheilitic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	400 ug/man/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	10-20 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	800 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2-5 mg/day/man	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiglossitic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigout	10-40 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility	not available	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetaplastic	10 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic	5 mg/day/orl/man	Martindale's 29th
Antineuropathic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontal	1 mg day	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipolyp	(preventive)	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsychotic	not available	Martindale's 29th
AntiSpina-Bifida	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cancer-Preventive	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hematopoietic	not available	Merck 11th Edition

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Sort descending	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Achillea millefolium	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Aloe vera	Leaf	27.0	200.0	1.0	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Angelica sinensis	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Astragalus membranaceus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Avena sativa	Seed	0.0	0.8	-0.4	Jim Duke's personal files.*
Brassica oleracea var. capitata l.	Leaf	not available	0.1	-1.0	Wealth of India.
Citrullus lanatus	Fruit	not available	0.3	-1.0	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Hordeum vulgare	Seed	0.0	1.5	-0.4	Jim Duke's personal files.*
Juglans regia	Seed	1.0	2.0	-0.4	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Lens culinaris	Seed	not available	1070.0	2.8	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Medicago sativa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Menyanthes trifoliata	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Panax ginseng	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax quinquefolius	Plant	0.0	68.0	1.4	Duke, 1992 *
Persea americana	Fruit	0.3	2.4	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus dulcis	Seed	not available	0.5	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Sesamum indicum	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.4	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Solanum tuberosum	Tuber	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Spinacia oleracea	Plant	1.2	15.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Trigonella foenum-graecum	Plant	not available	1.0	-0.9	Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.